
1) Acting tongue-tied 2) Averse to conversing 3) Averse to first moves 4) Bashful 5) Bashful, but not Dopey 6) Blushing 7) Chuck is bashful 8) Chuck is not the brash type 9) Coming up short 10) Daphnean 11) Deficient 12) Demure 13) Diffident 14) Difident 15) Easily frightened 16) Easily scared 17) El Orinoco
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/shy

1) Awkward 2) Balk 3) Bashful 4) Chary 5) Coy 6) Demure 7) Hesitant 8) Inconspicuous 9) Insufficient 10) Modest 11) Nervous 12) Reserved 13) Reticent 14) Short 15) Shrink 16) Start 17) Timid 18) Uncertain 19) Unconfident 20) Wanting 21) Wary
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/shy

• (a.) Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players. • (n.) A side throw; a throw; a fling. • (a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses. • (superl.) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. • (v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, t...
Found on
http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/shy/

1. Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird. 'The horses of the army . . . Were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting.' (Swift) ... 2. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. 'What makes you so shy, my good friend? There's nobody loves you better than I.' (Arbuthnot) 'The embarrassed look of shy distress And mai...
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Shy (shī)
adjective [
Compar. Shier (-ẽr) or
Shyer ;
superl. Shiest or
Shyest .] [ Middle English
schey ,
skey ,
sceouh , Anglo-Saxon
sceóh ; akin to Danish
sky , Swedish ...
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/97
Shy adjective Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is
shy two players. [ Slang]
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/97
Shy intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Shied ;
present participle & verbal noun Shying .] [ From
Shy ,
adjective ] To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of hors...
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/97
Shy noun 1. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
2. A side throw; a throw; a fling.
Thackeray. « If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a
shy at somebody.»
Punch. Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/97
Shy transitive verb To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to
shy a stone; to
shy a slipper.
T. Hughes. Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/97

Type: Term Pronunciation: shī Definitions: 1. George Milton, U.S. neurologist, 1919-1967. See: Shy-Drager syndrome
Found on
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=81647

Type: Abbreviation Definitions: 1. Abbreviation for 6-mercaptopurine.
Found on
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=81648

Shy is slang for lacking, such as the team is shy two players.
Found on
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZSA.HTM

[
adj] - easily startled or frightened 2. [adj] - wary and distrustful 3. [n] - a quick throw 4. [v] - start suddenly, as from fight 5. [v] - throw quickly
Found on
http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=shy
adjective wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; `shy of strangers`
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
No exact match found.